Senior Staff Chief Engineer - Battle Management & Autonomy

Northrop Grumman; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems – Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) seeks a Senior Staff Chief Engineer to lead a multi-disciplinary team in the Battle Management OU, with emphasis on autonomy, JADC2 and BA—driving concept-to-transition in cutting-edge domains.

The role reports to the Battle Management OU leadership and is located in Redondo Beach, CA; El Segundo, CA; or Melbourne, FL. Expect high-impact demonstrations and customer collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a related STEM field with 14 years of experience; OR Master with 12 years; OR PhD with 8 years.
• Experience with air vehicle flight autonomy, mission autonomy, and C2 architectures/implementations.
• Experience interfacing with customers and company leadership.
• Willingness to travel up to 15%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for the Operational Unit and provide leadership to funded activities.
• Define and control technical requirements and ensure cross-project coordination.
• Interface with customer and company senior leadership.
• Ensure programs adhere to engineering principles and quality standards.
• Oversee technical performance measures within cost and schedule.
• Chair the Technical Review Board (TRB).
• Support program managers in risk and opportunity management.
• Provide mentoring on systems engineering principles and tools.

Skills

Air vehicle autonomy

Mission autonomy

BMC architectures

Networking & communications

Customer & leadership interfacing

Travel readiness

Education

BS in STEM

MS in STEM

PhD in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems – Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) seeks a Senior Staff Chief Engineer to lead a multi-disciplinary team in the Battle Management OU, with emphasis on autonomy, JADC2 and BA—driving concept-to-transition in cutting-edge domains.

The role reports to the Battle Management OU leadership and is located in Redondo Beach, CA; El Segundo, CA; or Melbourne, FL. Expect high-impact demonstrations and customer collaboration in a fast-paced environment.